President Trump, Don’t CAVE on This | Ep 271

The Liz Wheeler Show

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News, Daily News, News Commentary

4.8 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2026

⏱️ 70 minutes

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On this episode of “The Liz Wheeler Show,” Liz Wheeler discusses the Anti-Weaponization Fund — a settlement to compensate victims of Biden-era lawfare. Former Trump administration official Michael Caputo, who filed the first known claim with the fund, joins the show to explain how he was targeted and surveilled for years by the weaponized Biden DOJ. Read Katy Talento’s article: The Anti-Weaponization Fund Is Nothing New https://www.katytalento.com/p/the-anti-weaponization-fund-is-nothing Like & subscribe to make sure you don't miss a single video: https://youtube.com/lizwheeler?sub_confirmation=1 SPONSORS: ALL FAMILY PHARMACY: Go to http://www.allfamilypharmacy.com/LIZ to get 10% off with my code LIZ10! PREBORN: To donate, dial #250 and say the keyword “BABY.” Or visit http://www.PreBorn.com/LIZ that’s PreBorn.com/LIZ Get the full audio show on all major podcast platforms: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-liz-wheeler-show/id1567701295 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4LhlHfocr5gMnLj4l573iI iHeart: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-liz-wheeler-show-82737301/ Subscribe to The Liz Wheeler Show newsletter: https://www.theblaze.com/newsletters/lizwheeler Get VIP access to The Liz Wheeler Show on Locals: https://lizwheeler.locals.com/. Stay in touch with Liz on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialLizWheeler Twitter: https://twitter.com/Liz_Wheeler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/OfficialLizWheeler Rumble: https://rumble.com/LizWheeler Website: https://lizwheeler.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, welcome back to a brand new episode of the Liz Wheeler Show.
0:04.8	I'm glad you're here today.
0:06.8	I am so mad.
0:10.0	I cannot remember the last time that I have been this angry about anything, let alone something political.
0:27.8	Yesterday, mid-afternoon, the Wall Street Journal published a headline. I'm going to redo this headline. The headline said the Trump administration signals
0:32.6	retreat on anti-weaponization fund after blowback.
0:39.2	And this is what the Wall Street General reported.
0:45.5	The Trump administration on Monday signaled a retreat on its nearly $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund, which met powerful pushback from members of Congress and threatened to derail
0:52.0	the president's efforts to pass immigration enforcement funding.
0:55.8	The Justice Department said it would abide by a judge's order Friday, directing the government to temporarily halt work on the funds, such as moving money into it or considering claims, quote, to ensure that no funds are irreversibly dispersed ahead of a mid-June hearing.
1:10.2	A spokesman said the Justice
1:11.4	Department disagrees strongly with the court's pause on the fund, which the administration
1:15.7	created, according to the Wall Street Journal, to compensate people who believe they were targeted
1:20.2	under past administrations for political reasons. Here's the key portion of this Wall Street
1:24.9	Journal report. A White House official said the
1:27.6	Justice Department's statement was the first step towards dropping the fund. But the official cautioned
1:33.4	that President Trump could change his mind. Okay, that's the Wall Street Journal report.
1:38.1	That report was followed up by corroboration from multiple different news agencies,
1:46.0	multiple White House officials that the White House was in fact backing off of the anti-weaponization fund. And I want to start by saying one thing.
1:51.2	When we hear this headline from the Wall Street Journal, we know the Wall Street Journal is biased.
1:55.6	We know that the Wall Street Journal does not like President Trump. Their editorial board,
1:59.5	it's constantly harassing President Trump
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